The first big ESC party of this season was the Balkan party at the Casino in Stockholm. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia have invited to this special event. The casino might seem a bit unusual for an occasion like this as the guest had to register with passport as everybody needed to be at least 20 year of age.

The first big ESC party of this season was the Balkan party at the Casino in Stockholm. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia have invited to this special event. The casino might seem a bit unusual for an occasion like this as the guest had to register with passport as everybody needed to be at least 20 year of age.

The location was great and there was a little stage where Sahléne performed at the beginning. The Swedish singer has represented Estonia back in 2002, 3rd place. She will accompany the Australian singer Dami In as a backing vocalist this year. Of course the hosts have also been singing. Sanja from Serbia sang several songs, beside of her ESC entry “Goodbye” she sang several songs such as “Valerie” which was originally sung by Amy Winehouse, with whom she is often being compared.

And there were Highway from Montenegro singing several songs also “Viva La Vida” from Coldplay and of course their ESC entry “The Real Thing”. The singers from Bosnia & Herzgeovina also made a great stage show as well as there were guest singers: Ivan from Belarus and the Albanian singer Eneda.

It was a fantastic evening with a great atmosphere with good music and lovely people.

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